X78 On Physical Geography, 



S300 feet to 1500 ; in the Alps it is formed by the fir, and 

 is found at 5600 feet in the northern Alps, and at 6200 in 

 the southern. In the Pyrenees it is also formed by the fir, 

 and exists between 6500 and 6900 feet. In Scandinavia, the 

 region of birch is distinguished from that of fir; in the Alps 

 and Pyrenees that of fir is distinguished from that of beech and 

 chestnut. 



" 18. The limit of the Cerealia, in Scandinavia (60° to 61° 

 North Latitude) is found at 2000 ; under the latitude of 70° it 

 descends to the sea. In the northern Alps it is found at 3400, 

 in the southern at 4500; in the northern Pyrenees at 5900, 

 and in the southern at 5200. The limit of the region of the 

 vine is at 2500 feet in the southern Alps. 



'* 19. The varieties presented by the animal kingdom are of 

 less importance. 



" 20. It is not possible to explain by physical causes the dif- 

 ferences which characterize the races of men who inhabit the 

 three mountainous regions thus brought into comparison."" 



Account of a Hurricane i7i North America. By J. J. Audu- 

 bon, Esq. F. R. S. L. & Ed. 



Various portions of our country have, at different periods, 

 suffered severely from the influence of violent storms of wind, 

 £ome of which have been known to traverse nearly the whole 

 extent of the United States, and to leave such deep impressions 

 in their wake as will not easily be forgotten. Having witnessed 

 one of these awful phenomena in all its grandeur, I shall attempt 

 to describe it for your sake, kind reader, and for your sake only, 

 the recollection of that astonishing revolution of the etherial 

 element. 



I had left the village of Shawartey, situated on the banks of 

 the Ohio, on my return from Henderson, which is also situated 

 on the banks of the same beautiful stream. The weather was 

 pleasant, and I thought not warmer than usual at that season. 

 My horse was jogging quietly along, and my thoughts were, for 

 once at least in the course of my life, entirely engaged in com- 



